User Guide

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CHAPTER 2
Basic ColdFusion MX Administration
This chapter explains the basic ColdFusion MX administration tasks, following the structure of
the ColdFusion MX Administrator sections.
Contents
Initial administration tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Server Settings section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Data & Services section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Debugging & Logging section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Extensions section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Security section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Custom Extensions section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Initial administration tasks
Immediately after installing ColdFusion MX, you might have to perform some or all of the
administrative tasks described in the following table:
Task Description
Establish database
connections
ColdFusion applications require data source connections to query and
write to databases. To create, verify, edit, and delete database
connections, use the Data Sources pages in the Administrator.
For more information, see Chapter 3, “Data Source Management,”
on page 37.
Specify directory
mappings
Directory mappings redirect relative file paths to physical directories on
your server. To specify server-wide directory aliases, use the Mappings
page in the Administrator.
For more information, see “Mappings page” on page 22.
Configure debugging
settings
Debugging information provides important data about CFML page
processing. To choose the debugging information to display, and to
designate an IP address to receive debugging information, use the
Debugging & Logging section of the Administrator.
For more information, see “Debugging Settings page” on page 28.